England vs India, 5th Test, 7th-11th Sept - The Oval

[putrevus]

Thank god Pandya is not playing this match, we can atleast hope for decent batting from Vihari.

[Sgattick10]

5 minutes ago, Laaloo said:

Dhawan lol what an idiot 

I wish one of the batters scooped one up at him and he missing it while doing bhangra... that would have been so much fun, people would have talked about it for years ...  might as well have got rid of him permanently. 

[UrmiSinhaRay]

Thank god Pandya is not playing this match, we can atleast hope for decent batting from Vihari.

Let's see....? [emoji28]

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[Sachinism]

England scored 199 in a full day's play. At The Oval, one of the best batting tracks in the country

[Sgattick10]

3 minutes ago, Adi BB said:

Sky's mission completed of making a complete fool outta bhajji 

Farewell gift.

[zen]

5 minutes ago, Sachinism said:

England scored 199 in a full day's play. At The Oval, one of the best batting tracks in the country

let Ind bat before judging the track

[vishalvirsingh]

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
JJ Bumrah	21	9	41	2	1.95	0	0
I Sharma	22	10	28	3	1.27	0	0
GH Vihari	1	0	1	0	1.00	0	0
Mohammed Shami	22	7	43	0	1.95	0	0
RA Jadeja	24	0	57	2	2.37	0	0	Hats off to indian bowlers...see the economy. they controlled the game totally.

[bhakum20]

This rashid plays with a very straight bat. Need to get him out first thing tomorrow, can’t let them get to 300 now

[putrevus]

It should have been atleast 2-2 coming into this match if only morons like Rahul, Dhawan and Rahane  had some guts and gumption to fight.

 

Let us not forget Ashwin and his role in this debacle.

Edited September 7, 2018 by putrevus

[zen]

1 minute ago, putrevus said:

It should have been atleast 2-2 coming into this match if only morons like Rahul, Dhawan and Rahane  had some guts and gumption to fight.

 

Let us not forget Ashwin and his role in this debacle.

if the pitch is inside our head and cricket played as per our imagination, anything is possible .... we would even be 4-0 

 

Edited September 7, 2018 by zen

[speedheat]

Dhawan should be slapped hard for performing bhangra  in a live international match like an idiot, not the place to perform bhangra, especially when you have lost the series 3-1.

And i have heard he has delivered an emotional message after the loss in 4th test match some thing like " we are as hurt as you people"

 

[putrevus]

Just now, zen said:

if the pitch is inside our head, anything is possible .... we would have been 4-0 

they totally outplayed us in Lords, no way we were winning it after losing toss.2-2 would have been fair result.

[zen]

Just now, putrevus said:

they totally outplayed us in Lords, no way we were winning it after losing toss.2-2 would have been fair result.

but if cric is playing inside our heads, Ind would have won the toss and Eng would have batted in difficult conditions

[coffee_rules]

41 minutes ago, zen said:

difficult to say if Eng or Ind is ahead .... as most likely Ind will be chasing close to whatever Eng gets in its 1st 

68/1 - Even at Lunch

123/1 - Even at Tea

198/7 - India at close of play

Totally India's day. India is ahead. But they can comeback on Day2. The pitch is not a perfect batting pitch. They had 2 slow 50 run partnerships hence it is even for 2 sessions and India surged ahead after tea. It is not a perfect batting pitch, the old ball was also seaming quite a bit, they didn't have to take a new ball. It will be difficult for India but with an extra batsman, others can play more freely instead of being extra careful, plus there is nobody to reverse sweep in the lower MO like fatass.

Edited September 7, 2018 by coffee_rules

[zen]

25 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

68/1 - Even at Lunch

123/1 - Even at Tea

198/7 - India at close of play

Totally India's day. India is ahead. But they can comeback on Day2. The pitch is not a perfect batting pitch. They had 2 slow 50 run partnerships hence it is even for 2 sessions and India surged ahead after tea. It is not a perfect batting pitch, the old ball was also seaming quite a bit, they didn't have to take a new ball. It will be difficult for India but with an extra batsman, others can play more freely instead of being extra careful, plus there is nobody to reverse sweep in the lower MO like fatass.

I based it it on the assumption that Ind could be chasing close to what Eng get in its first with Ind's 1st and Eng 2nd inn cancelling out due to more or less equal scores .... in that case, the question asked was is 200 or more a good score to be chasing in the last inng

[rtmohanlal]

can a Dravid/Ganguly emerge out of Pant/Vihari/Rahul  so that  we can take a 1st inns lead of 100+ and eventually win the match???

Badly wish so....

[zen]

59 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said:

can a Dravid/Ganguly emerge out of Pant/Vihari/Rahul  so that  we can take a 1st inns lead of 100+ and eventually win the match???

Badly wish so....

As they say - hope for the best, prepare for the worst 

[Sachinism]

Just for perspective, the average first innings score at Oval this since is 329

[gattaca]

5 hours ago, zen said:

If we had a 4th seamer, who knows we could have bundled out Eng for 150 .... the pacers are not able to bowl at full steam 

We lost three  matches because of awful batting. You need improve your weakness. Bowling is already our strength how did the 4th seamer worked in the 3 matches we lost.

Edited September 7, 2018 by gattaca

[zen]

2 minutes ago, gattaca said:

We lost three  matches because of awful batting. You need improve your weakness. Bowling is already our strength how did the 4th seamer worked in the 3 matches we lost.

You can play a good batsman in place of one of the struggling batsmen. You don't improve your weakness by persisting with struggling batsmen and then adding another one to cover while reducing your options in other area